ENSC 283
INTRODUCTION TO FLUID MECHANICS
Spring 2009
Instructor: Dr. Majid Bahrami
T.A.s
Mohsen Akbari
Ehsan Sadeghi
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4300
4300
Email: mbahrami@sfu.ca
Email: maa59@sfu.ca
Email: ehsans@uvic.ca
Course objective:
This is an introductory course in fluid mechanics. The approach to the subject
emphasizes the physical concepts of fluid mechanics and methods of analysis that
begin from basic principles.
Textbook:
Fluid Mechanics, 6th Edition
Frank White, McGraw-Hill, 2008.
Supplementary Books:
1) Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 5th Edition
Bruce Munson, Donald F. Young, and Theodore H. Okiishi, John Wiley, 2006.
2) Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 7th Edition
Robert W. Fox, Philip J. Pritchard, and Alan T. McDonald, John Wiley, 2009.
Office Hours:
Open door.
Course Schedule:
Lectures: Monday 9:30 – 10:20 and Tuesday 8:30 – 10:20 SUR 5240
Tutorial: Monday 10:30 – 11:20 SUR 5360
Lab:
Tuesday 2:30 – 5:20 and Wednesday 9:30 – 12:20, Lab 4302
Course Outline:
Properties of fluids. Basic flow analysis techniques. Basic concepts: velocity field,
stress, flow patterns, classification of fluid motion. Fluid statics: pressure
distributions, hydrostatic forces on submerged surfaces, buoyancy and stability.
Integral analysis of fluid motion: conservation of mass, momentum balance, energy
balance. Dimensional analysis and similarity. Flow in pipes and pipe systems. Flow
measurement.
Course Webpage:
http://www.sfu.ca/~mbahrami/ENSC 283.htm
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Tutorials:
TAs will work through selected problems and answer questions about lecture
material or assignments. They will also give individual help.
Laboratory:
There are five laboratory exercises for this course. Lab information is posted on the
website. Laboratory report requirements, background and a lab schedule will be
made available in the second week of term. During the lab period, students will
work in groups as assigned.
Experiment 1: Properties of Fluids
Experiment 2: Hydrostatic Pressure
Experiment 3: Basics of Fluid Mechanics, Friction in Laminar and Turbulent Pipe
Flow
Experiment 4: Bernoulli Equation
Experiment 5: Variable Speed Centrifugal Pump
Assessment:
Project
Lab Reports
Midterm
Final
5%
10%
35%
50%
Note: to pass the course, you should pass the final exam.
The midterm and final are closed book examinations of the course material.
However, you are permitted to use a photocopy of unit conversion tables from the
textbook plus a crib sheet consisting of one side of one 8 1/2× 11 sheet of paper. The
preparation of a well-structured crib sheet will help during the testing of ENSC
283but it will also help in the preparation for exams as you assign priority to what is
and is not important.
Each week an assignment of 1 or 2 problems will be given (and posted online). The
assignments will be assessed for completeness but will not be assigned a formal
grade or returned. If you successfully complete 8 of 10 assignments, your final grade
will be determined on a midterm/final weighting of (35%/50%) or (50%/35%),
which ever gives you a higher grade. Copying of assignments will not be
tolerated.
The final numerical score will be transferred to a letter grade following the Letter
Grading Scheme described in the University Calendar.
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